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Hulu Opens Up Customer Service Site In Texas

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Los Angeles-based streaming television- and video-provider Hulu has selected San Antonio, Texas, as the site for a new customer service center, the company said on Thursday. Hulu said it will hire 300 people by the end of 2017, and another 200 in 2018, as part of the new "viewer experience headquarters" in Texas.

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Esri Launches World Cup Imagery Site For AP

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According to Esri, it has linked with satellite imaging provider DigitalGlobe on a new Story Map which shows high resolutions images of those 12 venues for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia--apparently, the very first time those images of those venues have been made available.

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Super League Gaming Heads For IPO

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Santa Monica-based Super League Gaming , which operates its own e-sports competition site and community, is headed for the public markets, hoping to raise as much as $31.36M for the company, according to a regulatory filing by the firm.

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Match Group Says Bumble Dropping $400M Lawsuit

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Match Group , the parent company behind LA's Tiner mobile dating service, says that women's dating site Bumble is dropping its $400M lawsuit against the firm, which had alleged theft of trade secrets and fraud. The lawsuit, which had been filed in March of 2018 , was a countersuit to an earlier lawsuit against Bumble by Match Group.

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Mov gives you a chance to win your favorite athlete’s game day attire — sweat, tears and all

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Mov, launched just a few weeks ago, is more than a rebranded eBay or NBA auction site. In 2018, NBA players were allowed to start wearing any sneaker color of their choice. For example, Pat Connaughton’s Jersey made $2,164 on Mov versus $560 on the NBA auction site. “We send it as is,” he said. “We

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Verizon names Los Angeles as the second of four cities to receive 5G rollout before 2019

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. “We’ll have 1,000 cell sites up and operating on the global standard,” McAdam said on the cable network. Verizon first announced its plans in early 2018 to begin bringing 5G to the masses.

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Southern California's Woolsey Fire, As Seen From Space

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Below: Satellite image of the Woolsey Fire (visual spectrum), via the EU's Sentinel-2 satellite on Saturday, November 10, 2018. Below: Outline of the burn areas in the Woolsey Fire, via the EU's Sentinel-2 satellite on Saturday, November 10, 2018. Click for larger image. Click for larger image.